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The actual implications of a Capital Gains Tax
Written By: - Date published: 1:38 pm, September 4th, 2017 - 109 comments
Matthew Whitehead looks at what the Greens, Labour and National really mean when they talk about a CGT.
National’s 18 new taxes
Written By: - Date published: 9:35 am, September 4th, 2017 - 14 comments
A dose of reality on National and taxes, and wise words on the media circus surrounding tax.
Ardern cautious on capital gains tax
Written By: - Date published: 7:04 am, August 23rd, 2017 - 146 comments
Jacinda Ardern will not campaign on a capital gains tax, but will seek advice and will not rule it out in a first term. The Nats have introduced a week form of CGT already. A more robust version needs serious consideration.
Greens will finally close property speculators’ tax loophole
Written By: - Date published: 11:24 am, August 22nd, 2017 - 71 comments
The Green Party in government will end the tax advantages property speculators currently enjoy under National by implementing a comprehensive tax on capital gains
Pencilsword: Greed vs Need
Written By: - Date published: 6:15 am, August 5th, 2017 - 10 comments
Toby Morris explores the differences in how tax fraud and benefit fraud are dealt with, and asks where our sympathies should be.
Nats won’t follow Australia and UK in crackdown on multinational tax avoidance
Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, July 23rd, 2017 - 14 comments
Collins’ excuse is just waffle. Why won’t the Nats follow Australia and UK in a crackdown on multinational tax avoidance?
Tax cuts or fix this…
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, July 21st, 2017 - 54 comments
Auckland City Councilor Richard Hills yesterday tweeted some of the things we would like to see fixed before a tax cut. You might want to add to the list. Good thing Labour is promising to cancel the cuts and spend billions more on health and education.
National reckon public health and education are a waste of money?
Written By: - Date published: 9:11 am, July 20th, 2017 - 27 comments
According to Morning Report the Nats are calling Labour’s budget for more spending on health and education “a plan to waste more money”. Tell it to the people who can’t afford private alternatives and depend on the public systems.
The magical disappearing Foreign Trust industry
Written By: - Date published: 9:03 am, July 6th, 2017 - 22 comments
National’s original claims that New Zealand was not a tax haven are in tatters as the Sherwan rule changes have resulted in the mass exodus of Foreign Trusts from New Zealand.
Oil and Water Mix.
Written By: - Date published: 11:17 am, June 20th, 2017 - 23 comments
Our economic paradigm (market capitalism) and oil don’t mix. False hope (BECCS) and survival doesn’t mix. Current political settings (Paris pledges produce 3- 4 degrees C warming with the US on board) and intelligent action don’t mix. Incrementalism (time is not on our side) and AGW doesn’t mix. Whatever can’t be mixed into some AGW solution needs to be flushed.
Scary, huh? Well, yes and no…
What the feck Greens
Written By: - Date published: 11:56 am, May 28th, 2017 - 138 comments
The Green Party caucus decision to support the Government’s tax reduction legislation is hard to comprehend and has created a perception of messiness in the way the Labour-Green MOU operates.
Keith Ng’s four tax myths
Written By: - Date published: 7:31 am, May 25th, 2017 - 23 comments
A useful piece from Keith Ng on myths about tax. It’s an extract from The PSA’s “Progressive Thinking: Ten Perspectives on Tax” booklet.
The patriotic millionaires
Written By: - Date published: 11:54 am, May 3rd, 2017 - 128 comments
In America a group of millionaires have emerged who are advocating for increased taxation for the wealthy and increased democratic rights to everyone else.
Why National had to settle the Pay Equity case
Written By: - Date published: 10:19 am, April 19th, 2017 - 45 comments
National is trying to give the impression that it settled the pay equity case out of the goodness of its heart. The reality is that the Unions forced it to settle through gritted teeth.
More thoughts on the Labour-Greens Budget Responsibility Rules
Written By: - Date published: 8:39 am, March 25th, 2017 - 111 comments
The Labour-Green Budget Responsibility Rules announcement this week ought to dispel the notion that Labour and the Greens cannot work together.
A taxing question or two
Written By: - Date published: 8:35 am, March 24th, 2017 - 46 comments
Apple aren’t paying tax – are we doing all we can so multi-national’s do pay their share? And would the public actually prefer a tax rise (and decent housing/ health / education) rather than a tax cut?
Fix our tax law!
Written By: - Date published: 7:02 am, March 20th, 2017 - 128 comments
Multinationals exploit our tax laws to pay no tax in NZ. Matt Nippert has been doing great work on this, and his latest this weekend on Apple is a powerful example. Planned changes to our laws don’t go far enough. We need to fix this. What’s the downside? What’s the delay?
Murdoch on the tax-cut striptease (NSFW)
Written By: - Date published: 2:26 pm, March 15th, 2017 - 9 comments
English flogging National’s one-trick pony
Written By: - Date published: 9:50 am, March 13th, 2017 - 73 comments
Never mind the record debt, the dropped contributions to the Cullen fund, the housing crisis, rising poverty, the deteriorating health system, the costs of quake rebuilds, the filthy water, the need to prepare for climate change – never mind all that, have an election bribe!
National’s one-trick election pony – the eternal mirage of tax cuts
Written By: - Date published: 7:04 am, February 20th, 2017 - 46 comments
As Finance Minister Bill English effectively ruled out tax cuts, but it’s election year, and so of course the Nats can’t help but trot out their one-trick election pony again.
Bloomberg warns world of New Zealand’s toxic trusts
Written By: - Date published: 7:56 am, February 12th, 2017 - 21 comments
Bloomberg magazine has highlighted how foreign trusts are damaging New Zealand’s reputation and are being used for criminal activity.
NRT: Denying the obvious
Written By: - Date published: 8:57 am, January 11th, 2017 - 44 comments
I/S at No Right turn writes on Revenue Minister Collins’ denial of obvious tax avoidance.
Taxing multinationals
Written By: - Date published: 9:58 am, December 15th, 2016 - 53 comments
In March the Nats were still rejecting the idea of a crackdown on multinational companies’ tax avoidance. But there has been – in large part due to the work of Matt Nippert in The Herald – a partial back-down. Another Labour policy adopted!
Nats continue to have a quid each way on tax cuts
Written By: - Date published: 11:39 am, December 11th, 2016 - 15 comments
Tax cuts – the Nats are continuing to rule them both in and out for the election. Incoherence or deliberate strategy? Either way – Key got away with this kind of bullshit for 8 long years – are we going to let it continue?
Tax the Rich An animated fairy tale
Written By: - Date published: 8:52 am, November 30th, 2016 - 10 comments
A short video produced by US unions “to support a fairer tax system”.
The eternal tax-cut mirage
Written By: - Date published: 8:15 am, November 21st, 2016 - 94 comments
Despite the unknown cost of the quakes, and the host of other urgent needs, Key is once again talking up election-bribe tax cuts.
Nats backsliding on tax haven law changes
Written By: - Date published: 7:54 am, November 1st, 2016 - 20 comments
The Nats are backsliding on implementing the law changes brought on by the Panama Papers revelations. If European regulators blacklist us the consequences will be catastrophic.
Follow the money
Written By: - Date published: 8:21 am, October 30th, 2016 - 30 comments
Phase 2 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act is due to come into force soon and will require lawyers, accountants and other professionals to verify the source of client funds. This will give the Government increased power to monitor capital flows. What will they discover?
Tax cuts hard to sell
Written By: - Date published: 8:32 am, October 19th, 2016 - 8 comments
Herald: “…the Government ought to be banking surpluses, just as Sir Michael Cullen did during the boom of 2000-2007”.
European Union v Apple and the US
Written By: - Date published: 8:02 am, September 1st, 2016 - 49 comments
And in Europe the EU has taken steps against Apple for rampant tax evasion and an EU-US free trade deal appears to be dead.
Foreign buyers estimated at 29%
Written By: - Date published: 7:03 am, August 25th, 2016 - 75 comments
Most of the media has reported the Government’s “3%” spin on the extent of residential property purchases in NZ going to foreign buyers pretty uncritically. There have been honourable exceptions, and yesterday property editor Anne Gibson in The Herald joined them.
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland The next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, is about to get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. These annual meetings are the key international summits as the world attempts ...3 days ago
- In a record-breaking drought, bush birds from around Perth flocked to the city
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Moore, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia Western spinebill Martin Pelanek/Shutterstock Perth is no stranger to hot and dry summers, but the period from October 2023 to April 2024 was exceptional. The city’s rainfall ...3 days ago
- Why is the oboe used to tune an orchestra? And other questions about tuning, answered
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- Cancelled bus routes leave parents scrambling, and angry
Some farmers and rural families are furious over the Government’s review and cancellation of school bus routes, fearing small towns will be abandoned and students will stop attending class.The Ministry of Education regularly conducts route reviews, which can be prompted by several factors, including requests from schools, changes in the ...3 days ago - The first empty chair
I’ve been going to school for a couple of months, happy to walk there and back on my own, as it’s only three blocks away.Today I arrive home to find the front door wide open. From what I know of front doors, this is odd. Mum’s standing there as if ...3 days ago
- Sorry means you don’t do it again
Comment: Tomorrow Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will apologise to thousands of people who were abused when they were in the custody of the state. For many survivors it will be hugely important to hear a Prime Minister acknowledge what they went through was wrong and apologise.But those words will be rendered ...3 days ago
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 11 November
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